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I am a state government employee. But when it comes to the size and scope of government, the role of the free market, and so forth, I am also a fairly conventional Fox News, conservative, Republican.

Nevertheless, I have to say that the stories I hear about the culture of large corporations has led me to conclude that the disparity between the efficiency of the private sector versus the government sector is not near as large as is often suggested.

Yeah, I would definitely see many large businesses as having the same pathologies as governments -- the upside is that through competition businesses that are doing a bad job can fall comparatively harmlessly. The fall of governments tends to be much more messy.

And, cynicism aside, I would say there does at least seem to be variation amount large companies. Some of those that do very well do seem to be doing so because they have much less dysfunctional culture and management than others.

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